Mr. Pumpkin is a chewing MVP
“Did you say ‘chews’ or ‘choose’ furniture?”— Pumpkin, a special blend “The mom was half Jack Russell and half Chihuahua. The puppies came out all different. One of them was black, one was black with brown...
Category: Dog Tales
Did someone say selfie?
“I’ve perfected the ‘blue steel’ pose.”— Sadie, a Yorkie “She likes having her picture taken. She likes selfies. “She runs away if you try to hold her. But when she comes to you on her own,...
Copper worships ‘four-paws brother’
Meet Copper (front) and Darryl. “We adopted Copper about eight months ago and Darryl eight years ago. “Darryl came from the Pals for Pooches organization. When they rescued the three puppies from a river bed area,...
Best dog friends practically joined at the hip
“I’m thinking about getting dirty.”— Zoey, miniature Schnauzer, and Mia, Shih Tzu “Zoey is my brother’s dog. She’s a little spoiled dog, just like Mia. Grandma and Grandpa feed them both scraps of food from the...
Rescue dog sure loves her catnaps
“Some say that the ear is the avenue to the heart.”— Honey, a Chihuahua-Dachshund mix “She used to be my son’s dog, but I have her now because he’s living in a place that won’t let...
Jackson likes to show off his smarts
“The ride to the park always makes me thirsty.”— Jackson, a Jack Russell Terrier “He thinks he’s a baby. I don’t think he knows he’s really a dog. He doesn’t go outside, except to come to...
Cujo ‘a very active little dude’
“October is my favorite month.”— Cujo “I knew he was going to stay small, so he needed a tough-sounding name. “There was a woman two apartments down from me. She had three children and took care...
‘You couldn’t give me $1 million for her’
“Puppies today are so immature. I was never like that.”— Merry “She’s a white Scottish Terrier. They’re pretty rare. You don’t see many white ones. “A friend gave her to me as a Christmas present when...
Just your normal clothes-wearing dog
“I’m going to be a little devil on Halloween.”— Granite, adopted from a Dallas shelter “We named him that because his color looked like the countertop. “He wears clothes most of the time. He has a...
Layla helps with post-Army life
Spa day with Layla, a Boxer-Bullmastiff mix. “I got her in Fort Hood, Texas, at one of the local shelters right outside the base. “I had just returned from my second tour in Iraq and was...
